The nag screen is a touch annoying

[Guest]

The reason I mention this is because everytime that sandboxie starts after 30 days of use you get a NAG.
A freeware which continuously uses nag screens is *not* a freeware, in my opinion.

It's a great piece of software but if it is going to be offered as Free you should lose the nag screen!

[tzuk]

It's not everytime. The nag appears once every few hours. It takes only a few seconds to click it away. And Sandboxie has saved you a lot more time, that you would have spent chasing malware. (Potentially.)

But you know what you can do, to remove the nag screen.

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply!

It's not everytime. The nag appears once every few hours.

In user terms it is everytime as I use the program only once a day but your right it's no biggie to click it, I just find it a little annonying as this is supposedly a freeware program.

But you know what you can do, to remove the nag screen.

Your suggesting I pay for it,right?

Look I don't begrudge you the right to make money for the hard work you do on this program but if that's the road you're going down then maybe you should relabel sandboxie as a shareware?

cheers!

[tzuk]

In my mind shareware implies the program will cease to work in thirty or so days, so I think freeware is a better fit. Is there a dictionary definition somewhere that says freeware can't nag you?

[Married]

Guest, if you consider that easily closeable, small window an intolerable "nag," you must not be a married man. If I could silence my wife so easily...

[Guest]

In my mind shareware implies the program will cease to work in thirty or so days, so I think freeware is a better fit. Is there a dictionary definition somewhere that says freeware can't nag you?

I only speak from personal experience and when it comes to freeware it's always been a positive one until now because the software I like and use is as the title suggests "free" of any annoyances.

You say on your webpage that if you "register" " You also get to use a few of the features of Sandboxie that are reserved for paying users " well this is exactly how some shareware programs function aswell,you can use them as long as you like but some features will be disabled until you pay.

I will donate to genuine freeware developers and I have done in the past but I will do so in my own good time,I don't need any damn nag screens to tell me I should pay to help you with development.

[A Different Guest]

If you don't like the software, don't use it. It is clearly freeware even if it does not meet your personal definition.

This topic should be removed from the forum, as it really contributes nothing to a discussion of this great software product.

A Different Guest

[Unknown_User_301]

off-topic: I don't think this thread should be deleted.

[Guest]

If you don't like the software, don't use it. It is clearly freeware even if it does not meet your personal definition.

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A Different Guest

I never said I disliked the program and I will continue to use and recommend it because it is a very useful security tool but trying to pass it off as freeware when the program nags you for money is pathetic.

[tzuk]

trying to pass it off as freeware when the program nags you for money is pathetic.

Nevertheless the program is free. Your complaints can't change that fact.

[evermore]

Freeware = totally free, no crippled features, no expiration, no nags about donations or purchasing. Postcardware is a form of freeware too. Even adware is freeware as long as it doesn't ask you to register all the time.

Shareware = can become disabled/crippled after trial period, or begin nagging even if it doesn't break

There's plenty of software that has a registered version and a free but partially crippled version, which may include things like a nag screen with a timer before you can run the program. Those aren't freeware, they're more like demonstrations, inducements to buy the full version. Sandboxie is just like other shareware, you can test out the program for 30 days before it starts nagging, the trial version doesn't have all the features of the registered version. And like many others, you can continue using it past the trial period but there's a nag screen. Because you give permission to ignore the nag screen doesn't make it freeware.

Since there's no mention that it will begin nagging after 30 days, it's even more annoying.

[SBIE User]

Freeware = totally free, no crippled features, no expiration, no nags about donations or purchasing. Postcardware is a form of freeware too. Even adware is freeware as long as it doesn't ask you to register all the time.

Who made you the authority on definitions? Freeware means different things to different people. Your definition is one definition, but it is not the only one.

If you don't like the nag screen, there are two ways to avoid it:

1. Register SandboxIE for the very reasonable cost.
2. Uninstall the program.

Tzuk has generously made this program available for free (even with the nag screen) to folks who cannot or do not want to pay for it. If that's not enough for you, you're free to find a similar program that meets your definition of freeware and use it.

SBIE (Happy) User

[mizzmona]

3. Get PTFB - Push the Freakin' Button! (last free version)

[Guest]

Ok, well the program is free to use in its current form, which in all honesty is not exactly crippled at all, the features you get from paying for it (which I have) is in my opinion not why I bought it in the first place.
I would think if this app is sooooo important to you then a whole whopping $25.00 for a license that covers ALL FUTURE RELEASES is a joke.
$25.00 is nothing to ask to try and support this project, bandwidth costs money as does time.
Come on guys, use that $25.00 to support the project instead of Mc Donalds, thus your PC will hopefully live longer and so will you.

Cheers

Sheldon

[mizzmona]

Well said!

I also paid to provide support... but, hey, those extra features are cool.

-M